The shade file

Yves Saint Laurent, beyond the shade name.

Compare the brand’s descriptions with readings from published swatch images.

112 shades5 products112 swatch readings

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What do the numbers mean?

L* describes lightness; a* and b* describe color axes. ITA° is calculated from lightness and the yellow–blue axis to group the swatch into a depth band. None of these readings measures coverage, wear or how a formula will look on your skin.

Yves Saint Laurent names an undertone for 64 of these shades. Read off the brand’s own swatch under D65, 42 of them — 66% — land in a different undertone than the name claims. That is not an accusation of bad faith: undertone is a word, and a word is not a measurement. It is why the house publishes the number beside it.

All Hours Longwear Natural Matte Foundation39 shades

Yves Saint Laurent All Hours Longwear Natural Matte Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
B10	—	88.39	7.7	13.81	70.21	very_light	neutral
BD10	warm	83.82	10.22	23.72	54.96	light	warm
B20	—	82.58	11.72	16.63	62.96	very_light	cool
B30	—	81.76	9.86	15.93	63.36	very_light	neutral
BR10	cool	81.55	9.16	14	66.07	very_light	cool
B40	—	80.86	10.36	18.94	58.46	very_light	neutral
B45	—	80.8	9.97	20.45	56.42	very_light	neutral
BD20	warm	80.55	10.5	20.12	56.63	very_light	neutral
BR20	cool	80.18	9.86	10.39	71	very_light	cool
B05	—	79.84	8.09	13.64	65.43	very_light	neutral
BD25	warm	76.7	13.98	22.78	49.53	light	neutral
BD30	warm	74.8	12.15	23.82	46.15	light	neutral
BD40	warm	74.78	13.39	25.99	43.63	light	neutral
B50	—	74.58	14.48	21.41	48.94	light	cool
BD35	warm	73.9	10.18	21.41	48.15	light	neutral
BR30	cool	73.74	10.27	12.96	61.37	very_light	cool
BR40	cool	72.93	12.46	19.53	49.58	light	cool
BD45	warm	72.46	12.93	27.06	39.69	intermediate	neutral
B25	—	71.95	9.76	21.9	45.07	light	warm
B60	—	71.81	15.11	23.49	42.88	light	cool
BD50	warm	71.15	13.77	25.8	39.34	intermediate	neutral
BR25	cool	69.96	12.89	15.26	52.6	light	cool
BD55	warm	69.9	15.8	31.73	32.09	intermediate	neutral
B70	—	69.2	16.28	27.51	34.91	intermediate	neutral
BD60	warm	68.59	15.09	31.53	30.52	intermediate	neutral
BR50	cool	68.56	14.14	23.26	38.59	intermediate	neutral
B65	—	67.01	15.13	27.73	31.53	intermediate	neutral
BR45	cool	66.73	11.41	22.26	36.93	intermediate	neutral
BD65	warm	65.77	13.37	25.95	31.29	intermediate	neutral
BD70	warm	64.57	16.75	38	20.98	tan	warm
B55	—	61.22	10.59	23.97	25.08	tan	warm
B75	—	60.8	19.73	40.61	14.89	tan	neutral
BR65	cool	60.14	12.64	21.38	25.37	tan	neutral
BD75	warm	59.48	19.26	38.9	13.7	tan	neutral
B80	—	59.32	20.02	40.31	13.02	tan	neutral
BD85	warm	54.19	10.9	19.23	12.29	tan	neutral
BR75	cool	53.25	20.89	38.46	4.83	brown	neutral
B90	—	45.4	22.34	24.9	-10.47	brown	cool
B95	—	36.98	18.19	19.83	-33.29	dark	cool

All Hours Luminous Natural Matte Foundation 24H Longwear SPF 30 with Hyaluronic Acid1 shades

Yves Saint Laurent All Hours Luminous Natural Matte Foundation 24H Longwear SPF 30 with Hyaluronic Acid published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
DC9	cool · deep	21.74	16.94	28	-45.26	dark	neutral

Skin Affair Soft Glow Cushion Foundation31 shades

Yves Saint Laurent Skin Affair Soft Glow Cushion Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
LC1	cool · light	85.83	10.02	19.16	61.86	very_light	neutral
LC1.5	cool · light	84.07	9.47	26.69	51.93	light	warm
LN1	neutral · light	83.92	8.95	25.41	53.16	light	warm
LC2.5	cool · light	83.02	8.89	17.73	61.77	very_light	neutral
LN5	neutral · light	82.27	8.23	23.58	53.84	light	warm
LN4	neutral · light	82.18	10.52	28.29	48.68	light	warm
LC7	cool · light	80.89	10.1	23.26	53.02	light	warm
LN10	neutral · light	80.48	6.64	25.27	50.34	light	warm
LW3	warm · light	79.8	8.37	25.41	49.55	light	warm
LW10	warm · light	79.62	5.92	26.69	47.98	light	warm
MW4	warm · medium	73.79	7.76	26.07	42.38	light	warm
MC3	cool · medium	73.74	13.82	24.55	44.04	light	neutral
MW7.5	warm · medium	72.27	12.24	26.24	40.32	intermediate	neutral
MN7.5	neutral · medium	71.67	14.21	27.62	38.12	intermediate	neutral
MW1	warm · medium	71.18	13.73	28.02	37.09	intermediate	neutral
MC1.5	cool · medium	71.08	13.33	27.86	37.11	intermediate	neutral
MC6	cool · medium	71.06	13.22	28.38	36.58	intermediate	neutral
MN7	neutral · medium	70.42	12.26	26.91	37.19	intermediate	neutral
MW8.5	warm · medium	70.27	15.51	35.43	29.77	intermediate	warm
MC10	cool · medium	68.09	14.82	28.66	32.26	intermediate	neutral
MN11	neutral · medium	64.09	13.6	35.12	21.86	tan	warm
DW5.5	warm · deep	59.18	14.39	29.09	17.51	tan	neutral
DC5	cool · deep	53.57	15.35	30.48	6.68	brown	neutral
DN2	neutral · deep	53.11	12.34	26.38	6.72	brown	neutral
DW6.5	warm · deep	48.53	16.17	27.16	-3.1	brown	neutral
DN8	neutral · deep	47.6	11.51	21.67	-6.32	brown	neutral
DC8	cool · deep	44.92	15.24	21.62	-13.22	brown	cool
DW8	warm · deep	43.37	15.12	29.43	-12.7	brown	neutral
DC11	cool · deep	40.73	12.29	16.89	-28.76	brown	cool
DC10	cool · deep	36.04	11.94	18.93	-36.41	dark	cool
DC12	cool · deep	29.48	10.63	11.61	-60.5	dark	cool

Touche Eclat All-In-One Glow Foundation12 shades

Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat All-In-One Glow Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
B10	—	81.72	10.58	22.86	54.22	light	neutral
BR30	cool	80.95	11.62	9.94	72.19	very_light	cool
B20	—	76.96	14.91	24.26	48.02	light	neutral
BD40	warm	76.17	16.87	33.93	37.64	intermediate	neutral
BD50	warm	75.51	14.72	27.6	42.75	light	neutral
B40	—	75.14	14.92	24.92	45.25	light	neutral
B30	—	74.67	14.27	28.02	41.36	light	neutral
B50	—	74.23	15.85	23.11	46.36	light	cool
B60	—	71.5	15.19	25.23	40.44	intermediate	neutral
B70	—	69.09	19.83	32.38	30.52	intermediate	neutral
B80	—	60.05	26.85	34.03	16.45	tan	cool
B90	—	44.66	26.21	28.72	-10.53	brown	cool

Touche Eclat Le Teint Radiant Liquid Foundation29 shades

Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat Le Teint Radiant Liquid Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
BR05	cool	80.69	9.46	20.82	55.85	very_light	neutral
BR10	—	80.27	8.31	14.27	64.76	very_light	neutral
BR25	cool	80.05	10.49	14	65.02	very_light	cool
BD10	—	79.19	6.64	15.91	61.41	very_light	warm
B20	—	75.93	8.28	16.65	57.29	very_light	neutral
B10	—	75.32	8.83	16.32	57.2	very_light	neutral
BR20	—	73.53	10.6	16.5	54.96	light	cool
BD25	—	73.17	10.47	18.74	51.03	light	neutral
BR60	cool	72.01	13.43	17.69	51.21	light	cool
BD30	—	71.22	8.59	18.09	49.55	light	neutral
B50	—	71.19	6.88	18	49.65	light	warm
BD55	warm	71.11	13.55	26.83	38.2	intermediate	neutral
BR40	—	70.53	8.89	17.09	50.22	light	neutral
B40	—	69.65	8.74	13.05	56.41	very_light	cool
BR50	—	69.45	10.81	15.02	52.32	light	cool
BR30	—	69.33	9.26	9.8	63.12	very_light	cool
B45	—	68.45	8.21	15.19	50.54	light	neutral
BR45	—	67.99	9.59	13.43	53.26	light	cool
BD50	—	67.82	8.48	17.62	45.32	light	neutral
B30	—	67.59	10.9	15.12	49.32	light	cool
BD40	—	67.37	9.98	15.34	48.55	light	cool
BD65	warm	65.54	16.83	26.84	30.07	intermediate	cool
B65	—	64.41	18.81	20.28	35.4	intermediate	cool
B60	—	63.86	9.22	19.24	35.77	intermediate	neutral
BD60	—	63.29	10.18	17.32	37.5	intermediate	neutral
BD70	warm	56.49	16.24	26.03	14	tan	neutral
B75	—	53.81	22.41	22.51	9.61	brown	cool
B80	—	50.12	13.93	15.88	0.43	brown	cool
B90	—	48.32	13.45	12.67	-7.55	brown	cool

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Colours are read from each shade’s own swatch image published by the retailer, not from a drawdown measured by the house — a screen swatch and a colorimeter are not the same instrument, and the house does not pretend otherwise. ITA° is the open dermatological standard, computed from the reading; no licensed colour library is used. A shade listed without a reading is one the house holds but has not yet seen.

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